Bobby Ray | |
Birth Name: | Wilhelm Robert McBain Fuehrer |
Birth Date: | October 6, 1899 |
Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Years Active: | 1914 - 1956 |
Bobby Ray (born Wilhelm Robert McBain Fuehrer, October 6, 1899 – March 26, 1957) was an American film comedian of the silent era. He appeared in more than sixty short films between 1914 and 1927, including a group from the mid-1920s featuring Oliver Hardy. He was originally a child actor.[1] In addition he directed six short films and two feature films Riley of the Rainbow Division and Dugan of the Dugouts (both 1928). Following the arrival of sound, Ray developed a new career as an assistant director that continued into the 1950s. Much of his work during this period was for the low-budget studio Monogram Pictures, but he later moved into television.